About
Lead frontend · relocating to Japan
I am a lead frontend engineer with a design career behind me. That mix shows up in how products feel and in how teams ship: clear interfaces, solid TypeScript, and standards that hold under pressure.
At Securecell I lead the bioreactor product UI — dense, high-stakes interfaces for cell cultivation — while managing three engineers and facilitating a 13-person cross-functional team as Scrum Master.
Japan move
Preparing to live and work in Japan — English-friendly product teams, visa sponsorship, Tokyo first.
- Target role
- Lead Frontend / Eng Lead
- City
- Tokyo preferred · Osaka OK
- Visa
- Sponsorship required
- Notice
- 1–2 months
- Japanese
- N4 target · Dec 2026
- Work language
- English native
Experience
Lead Frontend Software Engineer
Dec 2024 – Present
Securecell AG · Lisbon
Frontend Developer → Scrum Master → Lead FE + 3 reports
Lead frontend for an all-in-one bioreactor — dashboards, configuration, and data-driven UI for bioprocess teams.
- Promoted to Lead with 3 direct reports
- ~80% automated coverage on the device UI (Vitest)
- Scrum Master for a 13-person cross-functional team
Vue 3 · TypeScript · Pinia · Quasar · Vitest
Software Engineer
Sep 2022 – Jan 2024
Little Emperors & Co · Remote
Production features across React web, React Native, Next.js, and email systems.
- Shipped across three client-facing products
- Led company-wide accessibility practices
- Built a shared email design/implementation system
React · React Native · Next.js · MJML
Software Engineer
2020 – 2024
Freelance · Remote
NDA client delivery across housing, travel, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical data.
- End-to-end delivery from workshops to ship
- Performance and structure improvements on legacy codebases
React · Next.js · TypeScript · Node.js
Education & awards
- 2022Front-End Engineer Career Path — Codecademy
- 2021Foundations of Programming — Instituto Superior Técnico
- 2013BA, Animation & Interactive Media — Universidade Lusófona
- Winner — Adobe XD Mastered (Adobe UK), 2022